Enchanted Ladybug Creations: June 2012

Saturday, June 30, 2012

Happy Birthday... - CR84FN57 Week 2!

Hi all! And a Very Happy Sunday to you! 8-) Sure hope you've all been enjoying your weekend..8-) Well today I'm back with a real quick post for Week 2 of the CR84FN Color Challenge! So you guys still have one more week to play along with our Beautiful Color Combo! Yay! 8-)

I thought I'd try my hand at a clean and simply type card this time! I don't do them too often, so it's fun for me to give them a whirl every now and then. 8-) I started out with a rectangular panel of kraft CS from my stash cut to size and cut out the Sweet butterflies with the help of my SB Butterfly 2 dies. I used the negative pieces and added some texture with the help of my CB and the Swiss Dots EF. I added a little distressing by lightly shading with SU white craft ink, then inking my edges with a touch of Vintage Photo Distress ink and then popped my panel up with a bit of foam tape. My mat and BG layer was created with some ivory CS from my stash and dp from Fancy Pants' Pretty Summer Soul Collection. And to finish it all up, I stamped my SU sentiment directly onto my card base and added a couple of mini roses from MAD Stamper Finds.. 8-)

Here are the Beautiful CR84FN Colors...

For all the CR84FN Challenge details, please be sure to visit the CR84FN Blog. And Of course, please do go and check out the Wonderful creations the rest of the Super talented DT has put together for your inspiration..l Sure hope you can join us!

Mona Pendleton
Pauline Pollington

Sue Lelli

Suzanne Czosek

Hope you all have a Wonderful day & thanks so much for stopping by! 8-)

TE Release Party Continues!

For my Sweet Stop Sketch Challenge Post please click HERE or just scroll down. 8-)

Whoo Hoo! The Releasee Party is still going, So Come & join the Fun! And there are Even More tasty little morsels of inspiration to present to you From the Fabulous Baker's Dozen featuring everything that is Fresh Out of the Oven from Taylored Expressions!

Today I'm featuring the Absolutely Adorable Under the Sea stamp set illustrated by Nancy McKinney and is one of the latest addition to the Whimsical Wishes Stamp line. Under the Sea features 27 Fun Loving Sea creatures, under sea images and Sweet Punny sentiments. Each Taylored Expressions stamp set comes to you made of high quality red rubber, mounted on cling foam, die cut on a full color plastic panel that fits Perfectly into a Mini Binder Box that holds four full sized stamp sets.

Well, I took one look at these Super Cute little fishies and envisioned them hanging out together under the sea with lots of Fun bubbles all around them, and just knew I'd have to try my hand a a fun little shaker card, lol! 8-) Here's Miss Beate's Super Easy Tutorial for those of you who have never made one of these, like me, up until now anyway 8-)..

I stamped my Sweet little fishies with Memento Tuxedo Black and colored them up with my trusty Copics. My Mats and BG layers were created with a combination of Island Indigo and Echo Parks 6x6 Paradise Beach collection. For my main BG panel, I did a little stamping and added some texture with the Waves and Bubbles Impression Plate and shading with Tumbled Glass Distress ink. For a little added detail on my shaker box, I used the Clouds border die and added some fun stamped bubbles and a touch of Stardust Stickles just for fun. And to finish it all up I stamped my Sentiment onto a matted Mini Tags die cut, added some Fun champagne Mesh ribbon and a little shell button all tied up with some Yummy baker's twine! Oh, and the Fab sketch is Miss Karen's SSSC161.. 8-)

Here are the Taylored Dies and Impression plates I used today...

The Baker's Dozen have more goodies for you this morning, so hop on over and see...8-)

Charmaine Ikach

Courtney Kelley - Guest Designer

Jami Sibley - DT Coordinator

Hope you all have a Super day & thanks so much for dropping by! 8-)

Sky's the Limit - SSS165

Hi all! And a Very Happy Sweet Stop Sketch Saturday to you too! 8-) Hope you all had a Wonderful week! Mine's been Super busy, lol, Blog posting like crazy! lol as I am sure many of you have seen! Hop you all aren't getting sick of me yet, lol, cause today I'm back with the latest Sweet Stop Sketch Challenge, Yay! I had a lot of fun with Miss Korin's Awesome sketch! Thought it would be perfect for my Sweet Tiddly Inks image! 8-) So without further delay, here's my take on Miss Korin's Fabulous sketch..

I printed out my Adorable Tiddly Inks Waz' Up image onto Flourishes Classic White & colored him up with my trusty Copics. I fussy cut my Sweet little pup and his balloons out and popped them up with a bit of foam tape onto layered die cuts made with the help of my Classic Ovals and Scallop Ovals Nesties sets. My mats and BG panels were created with a combination of kraft CS from my stash and some Fun dp's from Echo Park's Hello Summer collection.And to finish it all up I stamped my Lil' Inker Sentiment directly onto one of my layered panels with Memento Rich Cocoa! Pretty easy peasy, huh?... 8-)

Here's Miss Korin's Fabulous Sketch..

I sure hope you can play along with us at The Sweet Stop! Can't wait to see what you all come up with this week! And as always, please, make sure to stop by and take a peek at the Wonderful creations the rest of the Super Talented Sugar Babies have put together for your inspiration. Leave them a little Love too, it's always greatly Appreciated. 8-)

The Sugar Babies

Cathy

Wendy( on vacation )

Hope you all have a Fantastic day & thanks so much for visiting! 8-)

Friday, June 29, 2012

TE July Release Party!

Hi All! And a very Happy Friday to you! Hope you all Come join the party! You'll find tasty little morsels of inspiration presented by the Baker's Dozen featuring everything that is Fresh Out of the Oven from Taylored Expressions!

Today I'm featuring the brand New Coconut Cove stamp set illustrated by Doug Applegate & is the latest addition to his Adorable Abodes series & concepted by our very own Jami Sibley! 8-) I Just love this set! Would love to climb right into this Tropical image and take up residence, lol. 8-) I mean, Who wouldn't want to hang out in a fun beach house on a tropical island somewhere and soak up the sun and Sea! 8-)

for my Fun card today, I stamped my image with Memento Tuxedo Black and did a little paper piecing on the Sweet Beach house to give it a more weathered look with a small scrap from MME's 6x6 On the Bright Side one collection. The rest was colored up with my trusty Copics. My Beachy scene was cut out with the help of my Classic Circles and Scallop Circles Nesties sets. I added a couple fluffy clouds with the Cloud Duo die and added a bit of texture and dimension to them with the New Waves and Bubbles Impression Plate and a touch of Tumbled Glass Distress ink. My mats and BG layers were all created with a combination of kraft CS from my stash and Echo Parks 6x6 Paradise Beach collection. And I used the Wave Border die for my bottom border and stamped my Sentiment directly onto it. Pretty easy peasy, huh?...8-)

Here are the Taylored Dies and Impression plates I used today...

Be sure to stop by and see what the rest of the Baker's Dozen have whipped up for you today! 8-)

Hope you all have a Fabulous day & thanks so much for stopping by! 8-)

Thursday, June 28, 2012

Taylored Expressions July Release Day!

Hi all! And a Very Happy Thursday to you! It's Release Day at Taylored Expressions! Yay!
8-) All of the new Taylored Expressions products are now available in the Fresh Out of the Oven Department.
And today, I'm back today to share a couple of Fun projects with you! So be forewarned this Post is a bit a picture heavy, lol 8-)
My first project features the new Bon Voyage set designed by Emily Berger for the Embracing Grace stamp line. Bon Voyage features 20 images and sentiments, is die cut and comes on a full color storage panel that fits perfectly into one of Taylor's Mini Binder Boxes for easy storage! 8-)

I decided to create a Sweet little card set and coordinating box to store them in. It's always good to have a few of these note card sets on hand, all boxed up and ready to go, just in case you need a quick last minute gift. 8-)

I stamped a few of the Darling Sea Vessels with Memento Tuxedo black and colored them up with my trusty Copics. I fussy cut them out and popped them up with a bit of foam tape and added the fun waves with the Wave Border die and matted them up with the help of my Classic Circles Nesties sets. My card bases were all embossed with the Wave/Bubbles Impression plate and all my mats and BG layers were created with a combination of kraft CS from my stash and Echo Parks 6x6 Paradise Beach collection. To finish them all up, I stamped my sentiment onto the Fly Your Flag 2 die cut tags, added a bit of Yummy bakers Twine. The Fabulous sketch is Jen's DS58. I just flipped it and made it a little smaller, lol

Also I Decorated the Window Box up with the same elements I used for my little Note Cards so everything would be well coordinated and all ready for gifting!

Here's a a few more pics of this Sweet little card set... 8-)

Here are the Taylored Dies and Impression plates I used for this project..

And here's Jen Shults' Awesome DS58 sketch...

My next project features the Beach A la Carte Stamp Designed by Taylor Van Bruggen. And this joins our ever-growing series of Word A la Carte stamps and will be perfect for cards, invitations, scrapbook pages, party decor and so much more. I chose to create another Sweet little gift set with mine, cause It's just so perfect for Summer Celebrations! 8-)

I stamped my Beach A la Carte image with Memento Tuxedo Black and colored it up with my trusty Copics. My image was cut out with the help of my Classic Ovals and Scallop Ovals Nesties Sets and popped up with a bit of foam tape. I stamped & colored up the Palm tree and Surfrboard a couple more times and fussy cut them out to pop up on both my card and gift card holder too! My card's mats and BG layers were created with a combination of kraft CS from my stash and Echo Parks 6x6 Paradise Beach dp's. I finished up my card with some Champagne net ribbon, a shell button and some Yummy baker's twine.

For my Gift card tin I also used the Cute little Coconut Umbrella drink, and sentiment stamps from the New Coconut Cove set, wich I will get to show you more of tomorrow 8-), and the previously released Enjoy stamp set and coordinating Gift Card Frame Die too!.

Here's a few more pics of this Fun gift set..

And here is the Taylored Die I used for this project...

Be sure to Check out what the rest of the Baker’s Dozen has whipped up for you today! 8-)

Charmaine Ikach

Courtney Kelley - Guest Designer

Jami Sibley - DT Coordinator

Nancy McKinney - Illustrator

Hope you all have a Super day & thanks so much for stopping in! 8-)

Happy Birthday! - SSSC161

Hi all! Happy Thursday Again! 8-) Just squeezing in one last entry for Miss Karen's Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge #161! Before the Friday Deadline, lol, so I'll make this one real quick. 8-) I know I've already had so many posts this week, I sure hope you all don't mind too much.. 8-) It's just been one of those Super Busy blogging weeks for me! lol 8-)

I printed out my Adorable Birdie Brown's Stacking Gift boxes image by Torico onto Flourishes Classic White, did a little paper piecing on some of her packages and colored the rest of this little Sweetie up with my trusty Copics. I fussy cut her out and popped her up with a a bit of foam tape onto a Fun little matted up BG panel that I also popped up with a bit more foam tape. My mats and BG layers were created with a combination of kraft CS from my stash and dp's from Echo Parks Hello Summer Collection. And to finish it all up, I stamped my Lil' Inkers Sentiment with Memento Rich Cocoa onto a Fun layered Die-namics mini tab,and added a few Cute buttons threaded with some Yummy Bakers Twine from MAD Stamper finds! 8-)

Here's Miss Karen's Awesome sketch again.. 8-)

Stay tuned for more Taylored Expression New Release Peeks, coming up in just a bit! And thanks again for dropping by! 8-)

Get Your Thong On! - SSSC161

Hi all! And a Very Happy Thursday to you! Thought I would sneak in a super quick post before the hectic-ness of the day starts up, lol I wanted to share one of my latest creations that I squeezed some time in to create last evening, just cause I wanted to, 8-) And just cause I Love Miss Karen's Sketch challenges Hee Hee! 8-) So you guessed it, lol, my creation was specifically for and inspired by Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge #161!

Well I saw this Darling Whimsie Doodles Get Your Thong On stamp set over and TSG stamps and just had to get it and this is the first chance I've had to ink it up! Aren't these the cutest flip flops! 8-) Not to mention I Love the fun sentiment s that came with the set too! I stamped my Fun flip flop ensemble with Memento Tuxedo Black onto Flourishes Classic White and colored them up with my trusty Copics. I cut them out and scored the edges with the help of my Score Pal for a nice clean look and popped them up with a bit of foam tape. For my mats and BG layers, I chose a combination of kraft CS from my stash and some Fabulous dp's from Fancy Pants Summer Soul collection. And for a bit of texture I enlisted the help of my CB and the Devine Swirls EF. To finish it all up I stamped my fun sentiment onto a cute little layered die-namics mini tab die cut, added a few Sweet adhesive pearls, a Cheery flower created with my new Pretty Posies die-namics and toped it off with a button and a bit of Yummy bakers twine from MAD Stamper Finds. 8-)

Here's Miss Karen's Awesome Sketch:

Hope you all have a Super day & thanks so much for visiting! 8-)

Wednesday, June 27, 2012

Taylored Expressions July Sneak Peek! - SFYTT June 2012

Hi all! And a Very Happy Wednesday to you! Today I am back to share that it's Sneak Peak time at Taylored Expressions! Yay! We just couldn't wait a minute longer to share our Fabulous July collection with you! In fact we will be sharing peeks of the Entire collection today, so you are really going to want to check out all the Awesome creations the rest of Bakers Dozen has to share with you today! 8-)

I'm So thrilled to get to introduce you to our Darling Mermaid Moka Pearl! She's one of the newest additions to the Moka collection created by Nancy McKinney!

Isn't She just The Sweetest! I have always Loved mermaids and had so much fun coloring up this little Cutie! This set comes with some fun sentiments, just perfect lots of different occasions. I chose to make my creation a Fin-tastic Birthday card! 8-) I stamped Sweet Pearl with Memento Tuxedo Black and colored her up with my trusty Copics, then cut her out with the help of my Classic Circles Nesties. I paired her up with some Summery Echo Park 6x6 Paradise Beach Dp's and a few fun waves created with the Wave Border Die. Pearls Sweet little Dolphin friend is from the brand new Life Saver set also Created by Nancy McKinny for the Whimsical Wishes stamp line, and also comes with some fun sentiments and a couple of coordinating dies as well. To finish up my creations I thought I'd add some fluffy clouds created with the Cloud Duo dies, the new Wave/Bubbles Impression plate & a bit of foam tape here and there for dimension. And the Sketch is Jen del Muro's Terrific SFYTT June 2012 ( I just flipped it around ).. 8-)

TE July Release

The Baker's Dozen has 4 days of inspiration, today through Saturday, featuring all the July Release products.
All of the new products will be available for purchase on Thursday, June 28th at 8 am PST. You'll find it all in the Fresh out of the Oven Department at the Taylored Expressions Store.
Join us as a fan on Facebook for a look at the stamp sets and a SPECIAL Facebook GIVEAWAY, tonight (Wednesday) at 6 pm PST.
Blog Giveaway - TODAY ONLY - Two lucky commenters will be randomly chosen to win a $10 TE Gift Certificate. Hop around to see the sneak peeks and leave comments on each blog for more chances to win. Winners will be announced on Taylor's blog on Thursday morning.